Out of one, many Africas : reconstructing the study and meaning of Africa.
Even as symbols of Africa permeate Western culture in the 1990s, centers for the academic study of Africa suffer from a steady erosion of institutional support and intellectual legitimacy.Out of One, Many Africas assesses the rising tide of discontent that has destabilized the conceptions, instituti...
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Urbana :
University of Illinois Press,
1999.
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Aurkibidea:
- Introduction: The Rival Africas and Paradigms of Africanists and Africans at Home and Abroad / West, Michael O.; Martin, William G.
- Part I. The Study of Africa and African Studies: Reflections on the "Longue Duree"
- The Rise of Francophone African Social Science: From Colonial Knowledge to Knowledge of Africa / Coquery-Vidrovitch, Catherine
- The Emergence and Evolution of African Studies in the United Kingdom / Fyfe, Christopher
- The African Presence: In Defense of Africanity / Skinner, Elliott P.
- Part II. Transcontinental Power and Resources in the Production of Knowledge
- The Ascent, Triumph, and Distintegration of the Africanist Enterprise, USA / Martin, William G.; West, Michael O.
- Low-Intensity Warfare and the Study of Africans at Home and Abroad / Campbell, Horace
- From Euphoria to Gloom? Navigating the Murky Waters of African Academic Institutions / Tadesse, Zenebeworke
- Part III. Breaking Paradigms and Silences
- Braudel and African History: Dismantling or Reproducing the Colonial/Capital Paradigm? / Depelchin, Jacques
- The Challenge of the Africa-Centered Paradigm in the Construction of African Historical Knowledge / Keto, C. Tsehloane
- Indirect Rule, Civil Society, and Ethnicity: The African Dilemma / Mamdani, Mahmood
- Popular Paradigms and Conceptions: Orature-Based Community Theater / Githae Mugo, Micere
- Afterword / Wallerstein, Immanuel.